284 miles in 2.5 hours would require an average speed of 114 mph so we would be talking about true high speed rail here comparable to the Japanese Shinkansen, would the current right of way with its grade crossings be able to handle this?
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I was previously known as AmtrakMaineiac but since I have now relocated from Maine to the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania I felt I needed a new name.
During my days at Lehigh University in the late 1960s my friends and I used to railfan the area and the now fallen flags in the area - the...
There is also the factor that cruise lines generally provide an airport to cruise port transfer (for a price) whereas they rarely serve train stations, except maybe Penn Station NYC, do you are on your own if you arrive by train.
Sounds like a fun trip. The Durango and Silverton is well worth the detour. How are you getting to Durango? If you rent a car, there is an Enterprise office 4 blocks from the station. The drive gets very scenic as you get closer to Durango. The mountain passes north of Silverton are not for the...
Probably motor generator sets. When I was in the Air Force Communications Service in the early 1970s we were still using a lot of ground to air radios from the Korean War era such as the GRC-27 that were vacuum tube and use MG sets usually Dynamotors with the motor and generator combined into...
Looking at the data on Juckins.net for arrivals of train 280 on Sunday for the last 4 months the average delay is 6 minutes. The worst for the last 4 months is 52 minutes. That and one of 27 min were the only significant delays.
One of only two that are currently flyable left. This would be cool to see. I will be in the Lehigh Valley that weekend but Unfortunately tied up with my move.
B-29 Doc, a Superfortress bomber from WWII, set to land in the Lehigh Valley
If I had $1200 burning a hole in my pocket I might...